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Peer reviewedKershaw-Bellemare, Robyne; Mosak, Harold H. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1993
Notes that children of alcoholics use common maladaptively successful methods to achieve their survival-oriented fictive goals and carry these behaviors with them into adulthood. Discusses insidious and enduring effects of alcoholism on lifestyle of adult children of alcoholics (ACOAs). Describes developmental legacy of alcoholism as legacy of…
Descriptors: Adult Children, Alcoholism, Coping, Family Characteristics
